Incineration



March 26, 1935.

W. L. M EVER INCINERATION 5, 1951 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Dec.

NgETOR TTo' NEY March 26, 1935. 9 w. 1.. MOEVER 1,995,893

INCINERATION Filed Dec. 5, 1931 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Maaze, 1935' a v is 39 5 35.

William "Linton? McEverjWinston-Salem, N, (3;, Q

by mesne assignments; to Decarie Ini ci-nerator-Gorporation, New York; N. Y.,-a*cor-' poration o f -"New York I Y My invention relates to inclneration'andlpare ticularly to an apparatus andrmethodzfor incine atmg; screenings: removed from a; sewag d powiplant. r I

e Screenings aconsist: ofithei ssolid rnattern'emoued fromlza sewage 1 streammbyz passing it through: a screen; Thev solid :matteraiscpartially dried bef ore being. suppliedlxtotan:incinerator; flHowever; such material is motvcompletelyz dried'aandr hence; al

though comprising azlarge amountzof combustible material, cannot" be burned:.a1one-.-

.. 1 Iniaccordanoe lwith omy invention :Ethesscreen- 'ings are dumped ronto and LSuppQrtedrbyr hollow gratemembers throughiwhich isapassed azcurrent chair; 1 Thisaair. seryeseto 'maintainihesegrate memhers'iat a; comparatively: low? temperature,

whileigat; .the ,.same:s timexthe airzissiheatedz' This ;heat'ed;;air is thenaintroducedebelow '.=the rhollow grate .imembersiwhereait .is..pr.eferab1y;mixed with ltheproducts iOf'. combustionirom .a separate: source :such assa garbagedncinerator gor'axparteof it is tolsupport'; combustion of; suitable: iuell directlyzbeneath theahollovwlgrate. members. .ALpOI'e- ;tion kOfILthB; s'g'aseous; fluidi isxpassed cthrough' the screenings onethe liollow grate 'lmembers; vthereby =oausing-the:.scneenings.;to;bezdriedaand'zto.Journ. Iheremaining portionwf thezgaseous afluidiisaby passedtaround :the hollow I grate and'zmixedi with the products? lOfZ" combustion: coming from the screenings. :This .2 mixture icontains excess air which mayi'combine' with'eanyzotfztlie gases ooming "fromtthe': screenings 2 which have-not been. completelMbdrned; The-zgasesrfinallye leaving the v incinerators; araitherefore: completely .a burned :zand substantiallyxodorless; u I

Further objects and advantages willibe apparlent fromi-the; followingadeseription considered in 5 1 t a H fuel intopassageway 30; A flue 32-1eadsxfrom 5510 Fig.15fis a cross sectional view taken on theiline the bflfitom O ea-fiuitablefstackdr ;v5i-.o-5 of Eigxl'za i e 1 other'vacuumproducin -means. I

v 1' .2; is: a cross -sectional view-{t vxReferring first connection with ithe" accompanying drawings, which 10111119; parts ofathisi specification andion I :iE'ig: 1 isia, horizontal cross-sectional view,':taken eonitlieiline 1:''1:. of 2, Jofa preferred en'ibodiment; of ."my'. invention wherein; .fuelfis burned below thezhollowsgratexmembersi 1:-iEig.Z31isiaacrossesectionalh-viewtaken on the li'ne Ffi'gAis a'lcrossr-s ional-tiew-taken onthe=line to" the enibodiment shown in .Ffigsszl: th'rOugh' -S, F reference "character 101 desigmatesaminoinerator comprising a 'setting formed throng-ii; l e w p h The-lower'part ofbridge *wal1"18 is formed with opening 27 therethrough leading toaipas ag fway 28flocatedpetween'bridgewall i8 and'a sec 1 :ondj unapertured .b'ridg'e wall 29. The top i of a' ro'of '1'5. and a, floor: 16. Thezwalls are preferably of fire-brickandzmaybeFcoveredtwith insulating material: 17. Extending-transversely across the 5 incinerator and spaced I from the rear iwall :14. 51S; a bridge wall 18'? extending 1 a little m reLthan one-half the height of the incinerator; Extendingi" across:

wardith'ereofzis aeseries or bank of hollow horie zontallyxdisposed grate" members 191' Members the tincinera'torisubstantiallymhe] 4 lsamewleveleasrthe top of bridgeallis -1 I l91 are 2 spaced somewhat so as to' a1low the-.-passagemf airztherebetweenabut areclose enough-' tov geth'er to permit the unburned screenings to pile un -thereon; One end offeach of memb'ers l9 -i's 1 connected" to avcold' air? header or box 20' which is zsupplied'iwithucoldrairl'ibyt a fan 21v operated by electrics-motor? 22; The other end of =each of membersalQ communicates with a-hot air header extends outwardly, downwardly and inwardly and communicates with the bottom of the incinerator ablyLc'ylindrical times; Just above the 'low'eriend 10f zheaderz 23z there is located a' grate 24 which 25 may be afstationary, "dumping," shaking or any other:. suitable -.type' of grate. Extending through wall l3ljust bel-ow grate members" '19 is an oil '-'or gas iburner 251 Theair inlet header 'tolthe upfromithe screenings on grate' "195- D'rain-ZS-is arranged soFas nto iorm a liquid trap 1 whereby gases from a the incineratorcannot escape there;-

bridge w n 2911s at abontfltheisame. level ,as but .slightlyhhigher than theltop o frbridge wall i ltila A "p wayformed b een r dg -wal ,andwalllei ofothe' incinerator. 'An-oilgforr gas burner 31 is located so asto project afistream of .OfLbOXI'Zg of relatively large crdss sectionfand '20 vjust/above-the"floor16; "Members 19'are prefer zpwerig rate composed ofthe membersIQ is tapered Extending:through 'roofnw at a point-above grate-members 19' is a chute 33 which extends flue, said second bridge wall extending above said flue, a second grate below the first mentioned grate, means to conduct air from one of said headers to below said second grate, said bridge walls providing upward flow of gas through the first mentioned grate and upward flow of gas laterally of said first mentioned grate and downward flow of all of the gases to the flue, and

means for introducing fluid fuel for combustion between said grates.

6. An incinerator comprising walls forming a chamber, air headers at Opposite sides of said chamber, a plurality of relatively closely spaced tubes connected to said headers and disposed in a generally horizontal direction to form an upper grate, a second grate below the upper grate, means to supply air to one of said headers, means to conduct air from the opposite header to the space below the second grate, and means for passing part of the gaseous fluid rising from the lower grate upwardly through the upper grate and for by-passing the rest thereof upwardly around one edge of the upper grate and mixing it with the gaseous fluid from the top of the upper grate.

7. An incinerator comprising walls forminga chamber, a plurality of relatively closely spaced tubes extending across said chamber to formal! upper grate, a second grate below the upper grate, an outletflue, an air supply header connected with all of said tubes at one side of the chamber, a second header at the opposite side of the chamber connected with the other ends of said tubes and extending' with substantially uniform cross section outwardly, downwardly and inwardly to the space beneath the lower grate, said cross section being substantially ,thetsame in width as the length of the set of tubes and of height greater than the diameter ,of a tube whereby the velocity of air through the second header is relatively slow as compared withthe velocity of flow through the tubes, and means for directing part of the gaseous fluid rising from the lower grate upwardly through the upper grate and part around'the edge of the upper grate and then combining theparts and directing them to the outlet flue.

WILLIAM LINTONMGEVER. g 

